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Author Hornfischer, James D.

Title Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal / James D. Hornfischer.

Publication Info. New York : Bantam Books, [2011]
©2011

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  940.5426 HORNFISCHER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.542 H78    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  940.5426 H784    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  940.5426 HORNFISCHER    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.54 HOR    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  940.5426 H    DUE 05-06-24
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  940.54 HOR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  940.54 HOR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.5426 HORNFISCHER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5426 HORNFISCHER    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xxii, 516 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [439]-489] and index.
Note Map on endpapers.
Contents Eighty-two ships -- Sea of troubles -- Fighting fleet rising -- Storm tide -- The thundering.
Summary Draws on interviews with veterans and primary sources to present a narrative account of the pivotal World War II campaign, chronicling the three-month effort to gain control of Guadalcanal as a battle that taught the U.S. Navy and Marines new approaches to warfare.
Subject Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
United States. Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
United States. Navy -- Biography.
Veterans -- United States -- Interviews.
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 -- Personal narratives, American.
ISBN 9780553806700 hardback alkaline paper
055380670X hardback alkaline paper
9780553908077 ebook
0553908073 ebook
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